Ciara Builds Anticipation For New Single With Open Letter

Earlier today, fans of Ciara showered her with love and support after she released an open letter via her instagram detailing love and heartbreak. Following in the footsteps of Frank Ocean, and his ‘coming out’ letter, Ciara’s brief note described an incident between her and someone that she loved that could have been prevented, if only they had said, ‘I’m sorry’.

Dear YOU,

August 4th, we were chillin at the house. I said I was done and told you to get out. I didn’t mean a word I said, cuz I was hopin’ you would come back. I tried and tried and I cried and cried up late at night; and I hurt. I tried to fight, and I cried to God, “please let it just work.” I was going crazy with you, you had me so confused. I walked away, you walked away, and we should have stayed…

You know, the last time we spoke, gotta say it felt like good ol’ times. Through all the bull, I was still happy to hear from you. You said all the right things, but the one thing you couldn’t seem to understand was that, all you had to do was say…”I’m sorry”

Sorry 8/20

In case you haven’t caught on, ‘I’m Sorry’ is the name of Ciara’s new single and it’s expected to make it’s arrival on August 20th.

She’s also gearing up to release two new videos within the next month or two.

On today’s segment of Celebs demonstrating their written communication skills….Hahaha. Kidding. I wish Ciara the best of luck.

I know this is pretty far-fetched, but this makes me think. In the event that her music career doesn’t really work out, maybe she can open some sort of dance studio or be a choreographer. The girl can dance her butt off.

What’s a publicity stunt? this is on her PERSONAL instagram?? are y’all old, cenile, blind, or DUMB ? Ciara’s style & lane remains untouched by these emotionless, vapid, pop chicks. she will continue to slay in performing.. Rihanna gotta put out 6/7 albums in 5 yrs to keep up her momentum.. Ciara is organic. U call it what u want but she aint having n**** beat her ass for publicity & running back to them putting her every move on Instagram w/ an ugly camel looking husband. STAY MAD, MAGGOT!

The amount of negativity on here is appalling. Ciara DOESN’T do anything that causes negativity, so I don’t understand where all this disdain is coming from? Is it because she’s too nice? I don’t get it.

It gets a boo because it’s dumb marketing… Put out the damn music already, ive been in the industry for years and this is just too much, especially after someone else with real purpose, who was actually making a statement that no one else in RnB has ever done, just did put out an open letter! Come on now, this letter is meant for fans, its a stunt thats not for any man, if it were for some guy it wouldn’t be on nicole bitchie. I like her, but Her music has been lacking substance, so she just needs to quit with the bs gimmicks and put out some good ****! Period

DO you feel any better after spreading that negativity? Does putting that negative energy out in the universe before you even heard a thing make you feel like a greater man or woman?…If it does hun if you have any love for yourself seek psychiatric help.

Damn cici I used to really love. You and look up to you in like 9th grade when you were poppin but now seems like she’s just copying copying Rihanna,Aaliyah,beyonce,drake ummm who else frank ocean and beyonce were writing letters now her oh lord now what’s next ..I wonder if the letter is real who’s it for still not over 50 ? WILL THE OLD CIARA PLEASE COME BACK not the L.A Brand new Ciara..

If the song is anything like And I, Promise, My Love, So Hard, Never Ever and etc. I’ll rock with it all day I don’t care what anyone say Ciara have some good mid-tempos and ballads with good lyrics. #Sorry if you disagree!

People want to say what happen to R&B and all this BS and as soon as someone comes out with something that is genuine ish you don’t support it or want to talk bad about it or it will flop and all this **** just because the person name that is behind it in your mind is you favorite pop artist archenemy. Grow the F–k up kids! I don’t care if it’s R&B, Pop or country or who is singing it if it’s good support it…end of story!

Let the church say AMEN!!! Consumers are so focused on rumors they can’t even appreciate the craft…the art. Let the music just be. Quit putting Ciara in a box. Should every Ciara track feature Lil John and Ludacris?! Even Lil John has gone pop (LMFAO etc)…it’s called building a brand and makin $$$. If these crabs knew how to do the same they’d hv less time to ***** about Ciara who just resigned her Wilhelmina modeling contract and another endorsement deal w 5 gum. Not too mention she may be the face of Givenchy (AGAIN) for his fall 2012 line….don’t sleep. If that’s a flop…then sign me up. Her brand may not be the 360-slave deal that Is the Rihanna brand…but this chicks hustle (from Decatur GA) deserves more respect then she receives. $$$

I was with you until your snide Rihanna comment. Rihanna maybe many peoples puppet but she is making alot off it and gaining alot of control now. I don’t talk down about her or anyone else it’s just not in my nature to talk down about someone. Especially not these women or men who work extremely hard to get what they have and more. Whether it’s Ciara or Rihanna or anyone else I just don’t understand why some people are so quick to run on the post and say something negative about them. Obviously this is a Ciara post if people don’t like her then read it then go about your business why stop and say something negative. I just don’t understand foolish people and I won’t try to it’s stupid and childish and shows a serious lack of character to be saying something negative for no reason.

I love Rihanna… I just think her deal sucks. It’s too many ppl eating off her plate IMO. She needs more creative control. I was criticizing her brand…not her. I am one of the few ppl that bought her first album and I just don’t like the way they pimp her out. RatedR was real. It came from a real place…the authentic Ri is the one I like. #dontkillme lol

Mine 2…she surprised me with Never Ever…her vocal control and range on that record was impressive…even though she isn’t a powerhouse vocalist…or a vocalist at all when compared 2 the likes of Whitney Houston…but the girl can sing…and her contemporaries can’t sing her songs…that shouldn’t go unnoticed…

You people are so simple. These are lyrics to her new single written like a personal letter! If she wanted publicity she would’ve made it more obvious who the person was she was writing about, like 50, Bow or Amare. Anyway, I’m anxious to hear this ballad, “Sorry”. The song got great feedback at her listening party. People that attended said it was a classic, so I can’t wait to hear it on the 20th!

I think people are so desperate for drama they can find it in anything, but Necole’s post is pretty misleading. It’s obviously a song lyrics and them letting ppl know the song is about to be released. I thought the idea was pretty cool but you can never underestimate people’s desire to complain.

Not only does it sounds bad it also sounds like you may need to step away from a computer/entertainment media and explore the world or seek some help. You don’t know Kim K personally or anyone you just named you don’t know anything about their character or if they truly compromised who they were for their friendship. For all we know despite her public persona Kim K could be a nice kind hearted person and maybe that’s what they saw as well.

Sounds like you need to step away from a computer yourself. You are steady on here trying to call other people “foolish” and “childish” because they have different opinions than yours. That’s the pot calling the kettle black.

Just as much as you are entitled to voice your opinion, so is everyone else. Get over it.

It sound sort of juvenile, like high school drama. It’s like you’re saying “I don’t like Lala anymore because she’s friends with Kim. Kim and I don’t get along.”

I understand what you’re saying though. It’s like there’s a certain perception of Kim (maybe her being fake, phony, etc.), and so anyone she hangs out with sort of acquires that negative quality as well. Again, I know this sounds incredibly dumb but I think I see what you’re getting at.

I think Fantasy sold better than her last one. Fantasy opened her up as a global star that Love Sex Magic record was her most successful around the world to date she achieved topping charts in countries that at the time not even Rihanna had topped. If Ciara went a mostly pop with very very few R&B songs route honestly I think she would be one of the most successful artist out now and her performances would really put her out there but she would probably lose all her old/current fans and I guess she rather ride with them tell the wheel stops spinning then to venture out and do music she may not personally like.

That’s the name! Basic INSTINCT! I knew it was her last album but I couldn’t think of the name of it!

And Fantasy Ride did decent but not as good as Goodies and The Evolution. So it wasn’t necessarily a flop. It’s kind of what 4 was for Beyonce, not a flop, but not her best selling album- however- not CAREER ENDING either.

But anyway, that is besides the point… I DO think it is time for her to grow and change it up a little bit… that is really the only way to make it in this game… I see she is trying with her hair and stuff.. but I am going to need her to do MORE! Her concerts/performances are FANTASTIC… She has that part.. now, if only for the RECORDINGS!

And she’s had a long enough break, so I’m expecting something GREAT!

SN: Sweat sounded like a lost record from the Basic Instinct album… I just hope this new song isn’t like that….

Fantasy Ride was a FLOP, it debut at #3 with only 81,000 copies sold, I don’t even think it went Gold yet. Basic Instint sold only 30,000 in first went not even Gold, its very hard to come back with back 2 back flops. Doing a ballad for your “comeback” isn’t good for her. I wish her luck but I believe she will FLOP again.

Beyonce “4” made 313,000 in its first week and went platinum, she sold over 2 million WW as of today.

It’s not an actual letter but song lyrics in that image to be creative. It’s just a theme.

Seems ok. I do prefer her slow to midtempo songs like “Promise” “And I” and “Oh”

Her music isn’t bad “Ride” was good, it’s just her image. She doesn’t seem personable or relatable anymore and that was her “thing” she had that “around the way girl/ black high school cheerleader” swag and she lost it

Sounds like she’s been swimming in Frank’s Ocean!!
…….I’m write her a letter back……..Dear CiCi,….A tornado flew around my room before you came
Excuse the mess it made, it usually doesn’t rain
In Southern California, much like Arizona
My eyes don’t shed tears, but, boy, they bawl

When I’m thinkin’ ’bout you
(Ooh, no, no, no)
I’ve been thinkin’ ’bout you
(You know, know, know)
I’ve been thinkin’ ’bout you
Do you think about me still?
Do ya, do ya?

How is it doing the absolute most?? your faves just wrote a letter to say she took a s*** & u talking about Ciara promoting her new project??? If u wanna talk about publicity stunts, let’s fully clock the T… Ciara got y’all bugging.. LOL SMFH

The real question is, why are people so mad at this woman? She’s done nothing to no one, but live her dreams & to continue to fight towards being the best she can be. She’s never in drama with any celebs, she’s never negative or ratchet, she dances her butt off, in the studio writing on parts of her records, co-produces, goes in for vocal training. I’m still confused on what she did to anyone for people to criticize her. Dang, can the woman put a foot out the door before y’all start throwing tomato’s? What is this open letter perception? Doing the absolute MOST! This just gave me the story behind the damn song. Y’all act like she’s putting out the story behind a sex tape. Jesus. All songs tell a personal story, she wrote a small, less than 2 paragraph letter & y’all talking about a open letter. & like somebody said, people talk about how bad music is, but when true R&B, or some great music comes out, no one supports it. Labels my butt, sure they don’t promote, but if an artist can have millions of likes/fans on facebook & twitter, you all have smartphones, & internet access, the media is there for you to buy & to be aware of. Her new single is coming out on the 20th, it has substance to it, hate it or love it, but she’s living her dreams. What are some of you doing? She’s a true role model because she’s A) positive B) smart C) multi-talented D) with everyone against her, she still believe in herself & her dream, that’s more than I can say for 50% of people hating on her.

But of course this is about 50. Sorry but she needs all the publicity she can get. Only problem is , reading about this on other blogs all she gets is neg. comments. Until she can change peoples minds about her this album won’t make it.

How is she penning a letter to someone, pouring her heart out and telling them all HE had to say was sorry? It just seems as if the person that screwed up should pen this letter to her. If his behavior hurt her so much, perhaps she should’ve humbled herself and addressed the situation. IMO

My problem with “Ci Ci” is she’s trying to be a singer and performer when she is a performer, true she had a few hits back in the day. Stuff you can ride to. She needs to go back to phase one and try again.

If she’s the best dancer maybe she should choreograph then, because she sure can’t sing. Performer/entertainer should be able to do both. People isn’t interested in her anymore, maybe because it seems she’s trying to be Aaliyah and Janet? She doesn’t have her own identity.

Can’t wait! I thought it was very unique how she penned a real life situation into it being her new single. Frank Ocean was nowhere in my thoughts when I read that. It’s not like he’s the only person who types “open notes” on his laptop. lol. Ciara is one woman women should look up to bc she is a hard worker who has drive and determination. Doesnt give up on her dreams, drama free, etc. But u ************ will eat ur hearts out when she releases the new music and videos.

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